Dedicated to the exchange of cross-cultural tales of derring-do; Maintained by a recent ex-pat making her way in the South after 5 years on the Dutch polders.

1.1.04

2004

I said to the [woman] who stood at the gate of the year:
"Give me a light that I might go safely out into the darkness."
And [she] replied:
"Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.
That shall be more to you than a light,
and safer than a known way."